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Valley of the Dolls is a 1967 American drama film directed by Mark Robson and produced by David Weisbart, based on Jacqueline Susann's 1966 novel of the same name. The film stars Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, and Sharon Tate as three young women who become friends as they struggle to forge careers in the entertainment industry.
Valley of the Dolls: Directed by Mark Robson. With Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, Paul Burke, Sharon Tate. Film version of Jacqueline Susann's best-selling novel chronicling the rise and fall of three young women in show business.
Valley of the Dolls is the first novel by American writer Jacqueline Susann. Published in 1966, the book was the biggest selling novel of its year. As of 2016, it has sold more than 31 million copies, making it one of the all-time best-selling fictional works in publishing history.
As a trash masterpiece, Valley of the Dolls earned a well-deserved place in the American common consciousness, as integral (if not as worthy) a component of the national identity as Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage and F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.
Film version of Jacqueline Susann 's best-selling novel chronicling the rise and fall of three young women in show business. Anne Welles, a bright, brash young New England college grad leaves her Peyton Place-ish small town and heads for Broadway, where she hopes to find an exciting job and sophisticated men.
In New York City, bright but naive New Englander Anne Welles (Barbara Parkins) becomes a secretary at a theatrical law firm, where she falls in love with attorney Lyon Burke (Paul...
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Patty Duke, Barbara Parkins, and Sharon Tate star as three friends attempting to navigate the glamorous, pressurized world of big-time show business—the “valley” is not a place but a narcotized state of mind, and the “dolls” are the pills that rouse them in the morning and knock them out at night.
Valley of the Dolls. Based on the best selling novel, the ups and downs in the lives of three young women is traced as they search for love and stardom and the impact fame, booze, pills, and men has on each. 2,770 IMDb 6.0 2 h 3 min 1967. X-Ray PG-13.
Dec 13, 2017 · Valley of the Dolls —released December 15, 1967—was based on Jacqueline Susann’s 1966 best-seller, which promised to tear the lid off of Hollywood and Broadway. (Accent on the “way,” as...
A cinematic take on a 1960s best-seller, Valley of the Dolls traces the ups and downs of three young women as fame, booze, pills, and men consume their lives.
